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9.6 Querying the Environment

These commands are useful for obtaining various random information from the Lisp environment.

Command: Describe Function Call (bound to C-M-A) ¶

Command: Describe Symbol (bound to C-M-S) ¶

Describe Function Call uses the current eval server to describe the symbol found at the head of the currently enclosing list, displaying the output in a pop-up window. Describe Symbol is the same except that it describes the symbol at or before the point. These commands are primarily useful for finding the documentation for functions and variables. If there is no currently valid eval server, then this command uses the editor Lisp’s environment instead of trying to spawn a slave.